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The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on January 4, 2011
A Photographer’s Wishes for the iPad 2 « The Phoblographer
accessible-image mailing list links to blind artists – to subscribe to the list, send a blank e-mail to
accessibleimage-request@freelists.org, with subscribe as the subject line.
Artist Creates New Batch of “Porn for the Blind” – Tech Talk – CBS News – lingerie inspired tactile pictures by Lisa J. Murphy, author of last year’s "Tactile Mind".
Be a better photographer in 2011 | Techniques | PhotoRadar
Blind Man "Sees" Color with iPhone App: His Personal Story – Health Blog – CBS News
Dankam – New Augmented Reality App for the Colorblind
PhotoCaddy for iPhone review – iPod/iPhone – Macworld UK – get instant advice on a wide range of photographing situations.
[PDF] The Solar System A Tactile Representation
The Blind Photographer – THE BHF NETWORK – Poetra Ama Asantewa has used every sense to get images. You need to be a network member to get access to this.
Vision, Blindness, and New Years Resolutions « I DREAMED A WORLD – a celebration of blind photographers, and a model for making your future.
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on December 7, 2010
For more information on blind people and photography, please visit
Vince’s Parallax: Blind Photography
For a very accessible insight into many blind photographers and their worlds, I’d like to recommend th
Blind Photographers Blog
And if you’re feeling brave, you might like to try my slide shows on YouTube –
My Channel
A new focus on life: Photographer unfazed after surgery leaves him blind – Green Valley News & Sun – Howard Benedict has certainly had a life-changing experience, but life goes on.
Albert Watson – Scotland on Sunday – Albert Watson has made a career out of photographing the bold and the beautiful but his Scottish roots keep pulling him to new projects … and potential retirement.
Andrew Follows’ profile on Arts Access Victoria
Blind Photography Block | Losing Vision Gaining Insight – Belinda Brasley faces a crisis in confidence.
Can I be successful if I’m color blind?: Beginners Questions Forum: Digital Photography Review – forum discussion.
Field Test: Apple iPhone 4 Camera « The Phoblographer
Mobile 3D Display With Pen That Feels What You See (video) | Singularity Hub – with any luck, this could be helpful in displaying photographs to blind people.
Oliver Sacks Discusses Vision and ‘The Mind’s Eye’ : NPR – Oliver Sacks, who has a passion for stereo photography, talks about the loss of sight in one of his eyes, amongst other things. Incidentally, "The Mind’s Eye" is available in
alternative formats.
Polaroid CES 2011 Teaser Promises Resurrection of Instant Photography – Softpedia – but it’s uncertain what the future holds.
The Blind Buzz on Gardening
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on November 16, 2010
Have I missed your link?
For these gardening entries in my blog, I’m mainly looking for material that is of use to blind and visually impaired gardeners, and examples of blind gardeners in action. Sadly, there does not seem to be a lot of writing going on about these subjects.
There is plenty of good material about gardening in general, and there is an increasing number of stories about sensory gardens being built FOR blind people, but these are not really the topics for this column.
If you write about being a blind gardener, or about blind gardeners more widely, and I’ve missed your material, please let me know where I can find it.
Meanwhile, please also refer to my
Blind Gardening web page
A garden for everyone – News – East Anglian Daily Times – green project involves local blind gardeners, amongst others.
How to Design a Garden for Color Blind People | North Coast Gardening
Plants, Perception and the Practice of Gardening: Lowering the Sensory Threshold – what we can learn from plants throughout th eyear.
The Hidden Health Benefits of Gardening – Suite101 – not only physical health, but mental, emotional and spiritual benefits, too.
When he needed something good for his mind and body, he turned to gardening – dailypress.com – Tommy Tennyson had a brain tumour that left him blind in one eye and deaf in one ear. However, he has found happiness and therapy in gardening.
The Blind Buzz on Gardening
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on October 30, 2010
For more on blind gardening topics, please see my web page,
Vince’s Parallax – Blind Gardening
Charity Christmas Cards to raise money for UK gardening charity Thrive.
Thrive home page
Thrive on Twitter
Thrive Newsletter
Going in blind | CLOSE UP News – Graham Burtenshaw lost his eyes in an accident `15 years ago. Now he’s won a Regional Gardener of the Year Award in New Zealand.
Video
How to Design a Garden for Color Blind People | North Coast Gardening
Introducing New Sensory Integration Nature Path at the Dunwoody Community Garden – Sustainable Pattie – a woodland path with various sensory experiences for children in Georgia. Page includes video.
Landscaping, gardening about more than visual outcome » Evansville Courier & Press – how to get a garden to appeal to the other senses.
PathPoint Mental Health Division Marks 30 Years – gardening and the Horses for Heroes initiative help blind and disabled man to take his place in the community.
Square Foot Gardening – techniques used by many blind people based on square-foot areas of land. Bizarrely, this site fronts with an inaccessible Flash control.
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on October 2, 2010
3rd indi blogger event in bangalore #indiblr | Raghav’s Blog – blind photographer will take part in the competition at the event (sun, Oct 4th) to win a printer.
[DOC] Art Beyond Sight Email Alert includes information about the exhibit Touching Art Touching You: Blind Art at the Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton, England.
Blind Photographers Teach Us New Ways of Seeing | Black Star Rising – the exhibit, “Exposed to the Light” at Jaffa’s Please Touch Museum, Israel.
[Video] Blind photography: Making impossible possible – Join Samara Currimbhoy as she explores the world of the visual medium – photography, films, advertisements, animation, special effects. The first part features Partho Bhowmick, now well known for the Blind With Camera Project. From about 2 years ago, but worth catching up with if you missed it.
Blindness doesn’t stop director from moviemaking | news-press.com | The News-Press – Joe Monks also creates comics and writes short stories.
How the blind view art – Dr. Simon Hayhoe has won a Fullbright Scholarship to study blind people’s conceptualisation of art at the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
Is it possible to be colour-blind (color-blind) and still be a good photographer? – Photography – Stack Exchange – discussion.
Photo Insights – Belinda Brasley, Low Vision Photographer Blog
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What I see – see(more) photography blog – Laura Landry explains how she sees, and illustrates her points with photographs.
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The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on September 25, 2010
<p><a href=”http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/sep/22/albert-watson-royal-photographic-society-medal”>
Albert Watson, Royal Photographic Society centenary medal winner | Art and design | guardian.co.uk</a> – this article has some of his best shots.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.androidcentral.com/android-quick-app-vignette”>
Android Quick-App: Vignette | Android Central</a> – examples of what camera apps can do on an Android phone.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-crashcourse.shtml”>
Art Beyond Sight: Telephone Conference Crash Course</a></p>
<p><a href=”http://scottwyden.com/color-blind-photographer-shout-out/”>
Color Blind Photographer Shout Out – Mozilla Firefox</a> – if you are a colourblind photographer, Scott Wyden would like to have your link and information about how you operate.</p>
<p><a href=”http://thephoblographer.com/2010/09/23/hands-on-sony-bloggie%C2%A0touch/”>
Hands On: Sony Bloggie Touch « The Phoblographer</a> – useful snapshot (sorry) of this pocket camcorder</p>
<p><a href=”http://behindthecurtain.us/2010/06/12/my-first-week-with-the-iphone/”>
My First Week with the iPhoneBehind the Curtain | Behind the Curtain</a> – using the Color Idintifier app.</p>
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My Triple Whammy</a> – Lee Stranahan is a film-maker who is facing many challenges, including the possibility of going blind through diabetes.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/welcomes-introductions/218477-new-canada.html”>
New from Canada – The Photo Forum – Photography Discussion Forum</a> – would-be professional photographer who is legally blind through achromatopsia open to reactions from others.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.abetterphotograph.com/home/2010/9/12/photographing-fall-colors.html”>
Photographing fall colors – home – A Better Photograph</a> – not specifically aimed at blind photographers, but some handy hints on handling color/colour in the autumn/fall.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/40216.aspx”>
Shooting Tethered – Digital Camera Tips</a> – tethering is having your camera (typically a DSLR) connected to a computer so that you have all the advantages of the big screen.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.parmfarm.com/blog1/?p=1724″>
The Vision of a Blind Film Director | ParmFarm</a> – Joe Monks has directed a political / horror drama, "The Bunker", He is raising funds to enhance the quality of the filmn.. If you want to donate by September 30th, please visit the <a href=”http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sightunseenpictures/blind-directors-feature-film-the-bunker/pledge/new?clicked_reward=false&logged_in=false&p=0&v=u”>
Kickstarter page for this project</a>.</p>
<p><a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3eyDiIgcVQ”>
[Video] The John Dugdale School of 19th Century Photography and Aesthetics </a> – short film about the building of a new school by famed photographer John Dugdale, who is blind. It offers an intimate look into the life in his upstate NY farmhouse and his mission to create a one of a kind school. At the end, there’s an opportunity for people to purchase specially priced limited edition prints to help build the school.</p>
<p><a href=”http://alinaoswald.blogspot.com/2010/09/reflections-on-lifetime-of-living-with.html”>
Writing/Photography: Reflections on a Lifetime of Living with AIDS (Excerpt from my book, Journeys Through Darkness) </a> by Alina Oswald, who has aIDS-related retinitis.</p>
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on September 21, 2010
Blind Photographers reflects on life – this is a theatre performance at Heiquan Theatre, Hong Kong, where two photographers share their stories, and an actor interacts with video. Audio-description in Cantonese.
Color Blind Eyes | photoblog by Alex Vargas – Alex introduces himself and his photography.
Photographers help visually impaired kids “See” – Good News Pilipinas – John Chua has inspired photographers in the Philippines to work with blind children and run ‘~Touching Lives with Photography’ workshops where the children learn to use a point-and-shoot camera.
Stony Brook Student Develops Program To Turn Webcam into Scanner Camera « The Phoblographer -
Try the software
The Grumpy Girl’s Guide To Surviving Sight Loss – Holey Vision – ex-documentary film maker deals with retinitis pigmentosa, including using photography. An excellent, witty read for anyone concerned with sight loss.
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Theresa Behind the Camera – Inside My Mind: - sighted girl uses a Brailler while blind girl tries a camera.
YouTube ADDBrasil Channel – several videos covering the Blind Click Campaign in Brazil.
Related web site: TheBlindClick.com (in Portuguese and English)
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on July 17, 2010
BSoA Members Photography show runs until July 20 – Bermuda landscape winner is a colourblind photographer.
Creative Work: Blind Photographers – Feminists With Disabilities -S. E. Smith appreciates the Blind Photographers site, not only for the images but also for the way members write about their work.
Ghana: Visually Impaired Benefits From Photography Training – allAfrica.com – visually impaired woman was one of the students on a recent course provided by Foundation for Female Photojournalists (FFP). The FFP is an art and media organization that seeks to empower the vulnerable in society.
Images Without Sight – this blog follows totally blind photographer Susan Gjolmesli as she participates in a photographic project organised by Tess McMillan.
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montgomery sideways – a blind stay-at-home Dad who has a lot to say about the state of the roads in his area and takes a still and a video camera with him at all times to record his findings.
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My story – nickbirchak’s Photos- powered by SmugMug – Nick is legally blind, and a course in black and white photography at college set him off on the royal road to photography.
Quiet Light Photography – Drew Bedo is an artist who works in large photographic formats. He is legally blind, having severely degraded vision in one eye only. Also visit
Legal blindness doesn’t stop photographer | Ultimate Fort Bend
Seeing Blind – Cyndy Otty has achromatopsia. She tries to explain how she sees, and illustrates this with her own photographs.
see(more) photography blog – several posts about guide dogs and how the author, Laura Landry, sees her world through the lens. One of her photos has been chosen to be part of the American Printing House exhibition later this year.
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Laura Landry’s HTML web site.
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on June 18, 2010
A Response to “BatFromHell” re:Blind Photographers | Same Same Blog – this author published a blog entry recently called "Blind Photographers. I cant see the point" ,which I linked to and commented on. There is more comment in
Don’t See The Point of Blind Photography? « Losing Vision Gaining Insight
Altered Images Exhibition to Open at Irish Museum of Modern Art – this rescheduled exhibiton opened on June 17th. It takes a multi-sensory approach to accessibility to visual art. As far as I know, the artists are not disabled, but disabled people at least have access to the images.
Apple – Accessibility – iPhone – Vision – the iPhone 4 includes enhanced cameras including video and video-conferencing. You may also like to visit
iPhone 4 Gets 5MP Camera, 720p HD Video, and Lots More » Photography Bay | Digital Camera Reviews, News and Resources
Backpacker Magazine Article – Blind Photography – Erik Weihenmayer – BlindVision Blog – the author joined a climbing expedition on a Mexican volcano and learned photography at the same time.
Blind Photography – Geoff Holman’s appreciative note about Pete Eckert’s photography. He tries some blind techniques himself. Pretty refreshing this week!
Photographer’s work excels despite obstacle – Daniel Eidsmoe earns a living as a lawyer, but his passion is photography. He has a slightly unusual approach to deal with colourblindness.
The Blind Photographer – Neatorama – another article on Rosita McKenzie’s exhibition in Edinburgh, and more(uncalled-for, in my opinion) bile from commenters.
The Coal Face Documentary – Blinkie Photography – Andrew Follows had an exhibition showing before and after photographs of the Victoria, Aus, bush fires in 2009. This appears in this documentary.
The Blind Buzz on Photography
Posted by nystagmite in Uncategorized on April 30, 2010
All About Art at MossRehab Celebrates World-Class Artists with Physical Disabilities | Business Wire – exhibition at Elkins Park, Pennsylvania until June 1st, 2010.
Bleeding Hearts and Tulips « Losing Vision Gaining Insight – some discouragements of being a blind photographer, and some rewards. Related article:
Pretty in Pink
Blindness is no barrier in filmmaking class – The Boston Globe
Color Blind Photographer Shout Out — Scott Wyden Imagery – an invitation to share your stuff.
Finding Creativity As A Color Blind Photographer – The Photoletariat – getting it right doesn’t mean getting stuck in black and white for this photographer.
Update: Week 10 of A Pro – A Mug 2 iPhones | Bradford Smith – Bradford Smith sings the praises of the iPhone and the software available for it.
